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Slingshot

Black diamond Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical77 ft
Length251 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top6,506 ft

Slingshot drops 77 vertical feet over 251 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces southeast.

How well Slingshot holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Slingshot gets about 129% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 6,510 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Slingshot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slingshot elsewhere

Nearby at Sundance

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.